Daily Briefs

THURSDAY, June 14, 2007

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Part 1

Tymoshenko Relinquishes Her MP Authority

KYIV, June 14, 2007. Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz on Thursday read out statements certifying that another 14 members of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine People’s Union relinquished their MP authority. Statements by Yulia Tymoshenko and Mykola Tomenko, leaders of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, were among them.

President Vetoes SPF Law Again

KYIV, June 14, 2007. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has once again vetoed the Law on the State Property Fund (SPF), believing some of its clauses do not comply with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine.

Issuers to Place Securities Abroad Independently

KYIV, June 14, 2007. The State Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine has drawn up a regulation that would give Ukrainian issuers the freedom of placing their securities abroad on their own.

EU to Liberalize Visa Regime with Ukraine

KYIV, June 14, 2007. The European Union Council of Ministers of Justice and Internal Affairs on Wednesday adopted a decision to sign visa regime liberalization and readmission agreements with Ukraine, the Internet service www.bin.com.ua reported.

Tymoshenko Men Leave Kyiv Council

KYIV, June 14, 2007. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction left the session hall of the Kyiv City Council on Thursday. One of the main reasons why they did so is the fact that the faction was not presented a decision of the Dnipropetrovsk District Court of Kyiv suspending decisions adopted at the most recent bloc convention.

Moroz Sues Bessmertnyi and Turchynov

KYIV, June 14, 2007. Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz has filed a lawsuit against Roman Bessmertnyi and Oleksandr Turchynov for combining jobs in the legislature and the executive.

NDU Increases Charter Capital

KYIV, June 14, 2007. The State Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine has registered an additional issue of Hr25 million stocks of the National Depository of Ukraine (NDU) as a result of which the charter capital of the NDU has reached Hr30 million, as follows from a statement by Serhiy Biriuk, member of the Commission.

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